Tag-holder



(N0 Model.)

B. HWINGHBLL.

TAG HOLDER.

No. 300,182, PatentedJune 10, 1884.

NITE 4STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN H. WINOHELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,182, dated June -10, 1884.

i Application filed March 1U, 1884. (No model.)

Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Holders, which are fully set forth in the following specification, referencebeing had to the accompanyingl drawings, in which- 1o Figure 1 represents au end view of my tagholder applied to the roll of cloth. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view taken at the line .fr x, Fig. l, with a portion of the roll of cloth broken away; and Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of my tageholder.

My invention relates to that class of tagholders which are adapted to be attached to the board upon which cloth is ordinarily wound and sold to the jobber and sold by the jobber Each roll of cloth is ordinarily tagged by the jobber, the tag bearing the cost of the goods. It is desirable that the color, as well as the naine of the goods, cost, and number of yards, as well as the number given toA that particular roll of goods, in

order that the name may be carried on the books by number, should be put on the tags.-

My invention consists in a tag-holder that is adapted to have the tag slipped into it on 3o which these different names :may be written 0r printed, and the tag readily changed, as it is attached to different rolls of cloth, and also in the combination, with this part of the tagholder, which is adapted to receive the tags,

--. of the spring-pieces rigidly secured to the tag- :f: holder and adapted to be sprung upon the end ,sof the center-board ofthe roll of cloth, so that the tag is held in position to be readily inspected, and where it is not liable to be dis- 4o placed. By my tag-holder I am enabled to readily attach the tag to the piece of goods and removeV it therefrom. I am also enabled to readily remove the tag from the tag-holder and place therein anew tag conforming to the piece of cloth to which it is desired to attach 5o for such purpose.

B indicates the cloth wound upon the center-board.

C is the front plate of the tag-holder. I contemplate stamping this front plate out of thin sheet metal and turning over its longitudinal edges, as shown at D. E

E are two spring-plates attached to the back side of the plate G. These springs E are made in any suitable shape adapted to clasp the center-board A, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. I have shown them in the drawings bent so as to clasp the center-board at two points, so as to hold the front plate in position at the end of the center-board, and where the tag can be readily seen and at the same time be held out of the way from any liability to be displaced.

` F are points projecting from the springplates E, so as to more securely hold them in position on thecenter-board. These springplates E should have sutlicient tension in the spring to hold the tag-holder in place; but they can be readily removed from one roll of cloth when it is sold, and if that tag-holder is attached to another piece of cloth the tag can be changed so that the tag will indicate the cost, quality, number of yards in the roll of goods tb which itis attached, and also the numturned-down edges D of the front plate of the tag-holder, and can be readily removed,when desired, by slipping it out at the end of the tag-holder, and a new tag can be inserted.

I can have a long tag, as clearly shown in the drawings, with the different words which are indicated in the drawings printed on the tag, and the tag can be readily removed, and a new tag inserted in its place whenever the tagholder is changed from one roll of goods to another.

My tagholder can be made cheaply, it is simpleand durable, it'holds the tag where it is readily seen, and always held in position, so that whatever is on the tag can be readily read without handling the tag or turning -it over.

Thetag can be readily removed from the tagholder and another one put in its place without the use of any fastening material.

It is the practice of jobbers to tag each roll of cloth, and it is troublesome to renew a tag that is tied to atag-holder, and it is also difficultto renew a tag where the tag-holder passes through an eyelet in the tag-holder, and when IOO the tag is held suspended from a tag-holder by means of a' string or by the tag-holder passing through an. eyelet the tag-holder ordinarily is not used for-new tags.

My tag-holder can be used for a long time,

a new tag being` so readily put in the tagholder.

Having fully described the Construction and operation of my tag-holder, what I elaine as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination of the front plate, C, having` its edges turned over, for holding the tag or marker, With the spring-plates for se- NVitnesses:

THOMAS H. Pnllsn, Jol-IN R. GALL. 

